Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-10-13

coed in life unless he understands his
business, and nobody can understand
his business thoroughly unless he learns
1t by personal application and expert
ence. You must exercise caution in
laying your plans, but be bold in carry
ing them out. A man that is all eau
ton will never dare to take hold and be
successful, and man who is all bold
ness is merely reckless, and must even
tually fail.
There is no such thing in the world
as luck. IF a man adopts proper meth
DDS to be successful, "luck" will not
prevent him. If he does not succeed
there are reasons for it, although, per
haps, he may not be able to see them.
Moneyis good for nothing unless
you know the value of it by experience.
Give boy $4,000 and put him in
business, and the chances are that he
will lose every dollar of it before he is
year older. Nine out of ten of the
rich men of our country to-day started
out in life as poor boys, with determin-
ed wills, industry, perseverance, econo-
my and good habits.
The great ambition should be to ex-
cell all others engaged in the same oc
cupation. Whenever you find the best
doctor, best clergyman, best shoemaker,
or anything else, that man is most
sought for, and always has enough to
do. Every boy should learn some trade
or profession. Engage in one kind Of
business only, and stick to it faith
fully until you succeed, or until your
experience shows that you should aban-
don it. A constant hammering on one
nail will generally drive it home at
last. so that it can be clinched. There
is good sense in the old caution about
having too many irons in the fire at
once. Beware Of Foutside operations.
Read the newspapers, and keep
thoroughly posted in regard to the tran
actions of the world. He who doesn' t
consult the newspapers will soon find
himself and his business left out in the
cold.
Be careful to advertise in some
shape or other, because it is evident
that if man has ever so good an arti-
Gle for sale, and nobody knows it, 1T
will bring him no return. The whole
philosophy of life is, first SOW, then
reap. This principle applies to all
kinds of business, and nothing more
eminently than to advertising. Ii
man has really good article, there is
no way in which he can reap more ad-
vantageously than by sowing to the
public in this way. If a man has goods
for sale, and he doesn't advertise them
the chances are that the sheriff will do
it for him.
Politeness and civility are the best
capital ever invested in business. Large
stores, gilt signs, flaming advertise
ments will all prove unavalling if you
or your Employees treat your patrons alb
ruptly. The more kind and liberal a
man is, the more generous will be the
patronage bestowed upon him.
Preserve your integrity it is more
precious than diamonds or rubies. The
most difficult thing in life is to make |
money dishonesty. Our prisons are
full of men who attempted to follow
this course. No man can be dishonest |
without soon being found out, and
when his lack of principle is discover
I'd, nearly every avenue to success is
closed against him forever. Strict
not only lies at the foundation
# all success in life financially, but in
very other respect.
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